New Record Holders for Maximum Genome Size in Eudicots and Monocots
Table 1
Genome sizes (2C) of Fritillaria species, standard deviation (SD), chromosome numbers, and number of accessions (#), compared with McLeish and LaCour [1].
Species
2C in pg
S.D.
2n *
#
McLeish and LaCour 2C in pg
Difference in pg
Fritillaria
verticillata
84.9
1.9
24
4
96.5
11.6
Fritillaria
pallidiflora
87.4
1.3
24
2
***116.7
29.3
Fritillaria
raddeana
91.1
0.7
24
2
119.5
28.4
Fritillaria
liliacea
89.6
1.8
24
1
121.4
31.8
Fritillaria
pyrenaica
104.9
3.1
24
3
127.4
22.5
Fritillaria
meleagris
112.4
3.0
24
4
141.4
29.0
Fritillaria
imperialis
102.5
1.3
24
5
145.0
42.5
Fritillaria
olivieri
117.1
0.4
24
3
145.6
28.5
Fritillaria
acmopetala
132.5
1.9
24
4
151.1
18.6
Fritillaria
glauca
111.7
0.5
24
1
155.3
43.6
Fritillaria
crassifolia
133.1
3.5
24
5
160.8
27.7
Fritillaria
tuntasia
130.4
1.5
24
2
163.2
32.8
Fritillaria
pinardii
131.1
1.6
24
4
164.4
33.3
Fritillaria
rhodocanakis
134.9
3.1
24
1
172.3
37.4
Fritillaria
davisii
138.9
2.3
24
4
179.0
40.1
Fritillaria
assyriaca
**
203.9
1.4
48
3
254.8
50.9
Fritillaria
assyriaca
134.0
4.3
24
4
*from literature. **= uva-vulpis, [15]. ***Bennett and Smith[16].
